5.16 The Participle

473. Choose the right variant:

He picked up the letter…on the floor.

A) lying

B) lay

C) having lain

D) lain

E) laid

474. Choose the right variant:

They looked at the…plane.

A) flaing

B) fly

C) flown

D) flew

E) flying

475. Choose the right variant:

The … sun was hidden by the clouds.

A) risen

B) rose

C) rosen

D) rise

E) rising

5.17 The reported speech. Sequence of tenses

476. Add the sentence:

Last week Justin said "I'll do it tomorrow." He said he would do it … .

A) the previous day

B) the following day

C) yesterday

D) tomorrow

E) today

477. Find correct answer:

Someone … the tickets are free.

A) told me

B) said me that

C) tell me

D) told to me

E) said me

478. Choose the right variant:

I thought that he … in a bank.

1. worked

2. am working

3. work

4. works

E) is working

479. Choose the right variant:

The man said «Will it rain soon?»

A) The man asked if it would rain soon.

B) The man said it was raining soon.

C) The man asked if it was rain soon.

D) The man asked if will it rain soon.

E) The man said it would rain soon.

480. Choose the right variant: The doctor said that I … at home for some days.

A) would stay

B) should stay

C) will stay

D) shall stay

E) stay

481. Choose the right variant:

She didn't tell us where she … to stay.

A) be going

B) is going

C) will be going

D) was be going

E) was going

482. Choose the right variant:

The president said, “We are going to discuss terms of payment and delivery with the representatives of this firm.”

A) The president said that they were going to discuss terms of payment and delivery with the representatives of that firm.

B) The president said that we are going to discuss terms of payment and delivery with the representatives of that firm.

C) The president said that they are going to discuss terms of payment and delivery with the representatives of that firm.

D) The president said that they was going to discuss terms of payment and delivery with the representatives of that firm.

E) The president said that they going were to discuss terms of payment and delivery with the representatives of that firm.

483. Choose the right variant:

Miss Blake said, “The president is speaking on the phone now.”

A) Miss Blake said that the president is speaking on the phone now.

B) Miss Blake said that the president would speaking on the phone now.

C) Miss Blake said that the president was speaking on the phone now.

D) Miss Blake said that the president spoke on the phone now.

E) Miss Blake said that the president was speaking on the phone then.

5.18 Complex object

484. Choose the right variant:

I heard the clock (strike) … ten a long time ago.

A) strike

2. struck

3. had struck

4. striking

E) to strike

485. Choose the right variant:

We expected the guests … at 7 o'clock.

1. to coming

2. came

3. coming

4. come

E) to come

486. Choose the right variant:

Her story made everybody … .

A)to laugh

B)laughing

C)laughed

D)laugh

E) to laughing

487. Choose the right variant:

What makes you … so?

A)to think

B)thinking

C)thinked

D)thought

E) think

488. Choose the right variant:

“Have you seen Michael?” – “He is over here. I heard him … on the phone.”

A)to spoke

B)to speak

C)speaking

D)spoken

E) to be speaking

489. Complete the sentence:

She heard that somebody … the piano.

A) is playing

B) plays

C) will play

D) has played

E) was playing